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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13048
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian aid

EU mobilises €3 million to help fight Ebola outbreak in Uganda

The European Union is mobilising €3 million in emergency humanitarian aid to help Uganda fight the Ebola outbreak that was declared on 20 September.

As part of the package announced on Friday 21 October by the European Commission, €1.5 million is earmarked to support the World Health Organization (WHO) in its coordination and monitoring, logistics and care activities.

One million euros will be allocated to UNICEF for infection prevention and control and risk communication and...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UKRAINE: Europeans reaffirm their support for Ukraine, without however responding to all of Volodymyr Zelensky’s requests
IRAN: European Council condemns “unjustifiable and unacceptable” use of violence
CHINA: EU struggles to speak with one voice on its relationship with Beijing
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Member States consider electricity-saving solutions in rail sector
ENERGY: Emmanuel Macron announces France’s exit from Energy Charter Treaty
ENERGY: energy crisis, gas package and energy performance of buildings on agenda of EU ministers’ meeting
COHESION: Latvia adopts €4.6 billion partnership agreement for 2021-2027
MIGRATION: Prague Process, Czech Presidency of EU Council hosts 4th Ministerial Conference
FISHERIES: EU fisheries representatives voice concerns over area closures
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA publishes six criteria for assessment of plants derived from new genome editing techniques
FOOD: by patenting plants and new GMOs, multinational biotech companies are threatening food security, says NGO report
SPACE: preparations for European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council are making good progress
DIGITAL: European Commission and EIB stress need for more investment in cybersecurity
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: inclusion of non-binary people and intersectionality in pay transparency directive is under debate
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: “Italy must be at the centre of the European project”, says Mario Draghi
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €3 million to help fight Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRANSPORT: European Commission launches a study to determine best ways to connect Ukrainian and Moldovan rail networks to TEN-T
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Spain and Nigeria to launch initiative on territorial resilience to drought at COP27
COHESION: four German regions adopt their Just Transition Plans, for a total of €2.5 billion
HAITI: EU mobilises €1 million in emergency aid to combat cholera
MIGRATION: European Court of Human Rights justifies temporary suspension of family reunification procedure in Sweden
SOCIAL: European Commission proposes to release a new envelope for Latvia under SURE instrument
HEALTH: European Commission authorises Spikevax vaccine adapted to combat SARS-CoV-2 sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5